NEW ORLEANS — The RTA is reducing the number of buses on the road and lengthening the times between them on some of the city's routes in an effort to reduce problems with buses running behind schedule due to maintenance issues.
The RTA announced Friday that starting on Sunday, Jan. 14, several routes will have more time between buses to "ensure sufficient vehicles are available to provide consistent, reliable service for riders."
In most cases the gaps between buses on the same route will be lengthened by a few minutes.
Updated schedules and other printed materials are being distributed to popular pick-up locations across the city, including the New Orleans Public Library locations, New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) facilities, and RTA’s A. Philip Randolph Building on Canal Street as well as at our hubs at the East New Orleans Regional Library and the Wilty Terminal in Gretna.
Here are the RTA bus routes that will have reduced frequency (arrival times included):
- #3-Tulane-Elmwood (from every 20 minutes to every 24 minutes)
- #8-St. Claude-Arabi (from every 18 minutes to every 24 minutes)
- #9-Broad-Napoleon (from every 20 minutes to every 23 minutes)
- #11-Magazine (from every 24 minutes to every 33 minutes)
- #27-Louisiana (from every 35 minutes to every 53 minutes)
- #52-Paris-Broadmoor (from every 34 minutes to every 44 minutes)
- #61-Lake Forest-Village De L’Est (from 24 minutes to every 30 minutes)
- #62-Morrison-Bullard (from every 24 minutes to every 30 minutes)
- #66-Hayne Loop (from every 35 minutes to every 70 minutes)
- #67-Michoud Loop (from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes)
- #84-Galvez-Lower 9 (from every 30 minutes to every 45 minutes)
- #103-General Meyer Local (from every 30 minutes to every 45 minutes) – route will be extended across the river to Main Library Hub
- #105-Algiers Local (from every 40 minutes to every 80 minutes)
- #114A-Garden Oaks-Sullen (from every 30 minutes to every 40 minutes)
- #114B-Garden Oaks-Woodland (from every 30 minutes to every 40 minutes)
These routes will introduce Hollygrove service improvements:
- 31-Leonidas-Gentilly
- 32-Leonidas-Treme